Origin:
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Orissa and southern India.

Action:
Bark—bitter, astringent, febrifuge, anthelminitic, antispasmodic, expectorant (used in asthma, bronchitis). Also used for dysentery as a substitute for Holarrhena antidysenterica.
Bark andleaves—used as tonic indebility, especially after childbirth. Along with other therapeutic applications, The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India indicates the use of stembark in high fevers and giddiness.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.